x, 239 p. : 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Best practice- core principles. Best practices in risk-based internal auditing / Sheryl Vacca -- World-class internal audit / Robin Pritchard -- Continuous auditing: putting theory into practice / Norman Marks -- Starting a successful internal audit function to meet present and future demands / Jeffrey Ridley -- Implementing an effective internal controls system / Andrew Chambers -- Effective financial reporting and auditing: importance and limitations / Andrew Higson -- Engaging senior management in internal control / Philip Ratcliffe -- Role of internal auditing at board committee level / Sridhar Ramamoorti -- Internal auditors and enterprise risk management / Ian Fraser -- The effect of SOX on internal control, risk management, and corporate governance best practice / David A. Doney -- The internal audit role- is there an expectation gap in your organization? / Jeffrey Ridley -- Managing the relationships between audit committees and the CAE / Richard E. Cascarino -- Optimizing internal audit / Andrew Chambers -- Total quality management and internal auditing / Jeffrey Ridley -- Best practice- in practice. What is the range of the internal auditor's work? / Andrew Cox -- Aligning the internal audit function with strategic objectives / Ilias G. Basioudis -- The assurance vs. consulting debate: how far should internal audit go? / Michael Parkinson -- Should internal auditing assess board performance? / Sridhar Ramamoorti -- Internal auditing's contribution to sustainability / Jeffrey Ridley -- Considerations when outsourcing internal audit / Peter Tickner -- Contemporary developments in international auditing regulation / Christopher Humphrey and Anne Loft -- How can internal audit report effectively to its stakeholders? / Andrew Cox -- Has financial reporting impacted on internal auditing negatively? / Andrew Chambers -- Internal audit and partnering with senior management / Bruce Turner -- How internal auditing can help with a company's fraud issues / Gail Harden -- Internal audit planning: how can we do it better? / Michael Parkinson -- Incorporating operational and performance auditing into compliance and financial auditing / Andrew Cox -- New assurance challenges facing chief audit executives / Simon D'Arcy -- Checklists- core principles. The accounts filing process and its importance -- The chief audit executive's (CAE) roles and responsibilities -- Corporate governance and its interpretations -- The IIA code of ethics -- Independence of the internal audit function -- Internal audit charters -- Internal control frameworks: COSO, CoCo, and the UK corporate governance code -- The international organization of supreme audit institutions (INTOSAI) and their Congress (INCOSAI) -- Key competencies for internal auditors -- Key components of a corporate risk register -- The key components of an audit report -- The role of the audit committee -- Sarbanes-Oxley: its development and aims -- Understanding internal audits -- What is forensic auditing? -- Checklists- in practice. Adopting an internal audit capability model -- Auditing information technology and information systems -- Avoiding conflict of interest in internal audits -- Cosourcing internal audits -- Creating a comprehensive audit committee evaluation form -- Establishing a framework for assessing risk -- Internal auditing and doing business in foreign countries -- Internal auditing for financial firms -- Internal auditing for fraud detection and prevention -- Internal auditing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) -- Internal auditing for the public sector -- International and multinational internal auditing -- Preparing and executing an internal audit review -- Quality assessment of internal audits -- XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) and internal auditing

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